Meet Doug Benson

Doug Benson is an American comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central Presents, Best Week Ever, and most recently as a contestant on Last Comic Standing.

While working as a stand-in and extra in movies and TV, he did his first stand-up gig after he and two other friends dared each other to try it. One of them didn’t show up, and the other had signed up too late. Benson claimed that “I went on anyway and did my three minutes of whatever I could come with and people actually laughed”. And so, at the age of 22, Benson became a stand-up comedian.

Benson was part of the writing team that created (and performed in) The Marijuana-Logues — an off-Broadway comedy show that was kind of like the Vagina Monologues, only with pot instead of vaginas. He was also named Stoner of the Year for 2006 by High Times Magazine.

Everything Doug Benson did in Super High Me is legal in California. Benson claims that he tells kids “you should not smoke pot until you become a professional comedian”.